灵性（除了笑声）是人类与生俱来的。当健康状况恶化时，尤其是在肿瘤学领域，人们常常通过它寻求帮助。祈祷是最常用的工具，有时被委托给一个被认为拥有某些被称为“火焰切割器”的力量的特定人。然后有针对性地使用它来治疗烧伤等特定症状。没有已知的生物物理效应。这种代祷带来了次要的好处（对焦虑、压力的积极影响，安慰剂效应），可以改善患者的健康。医疗保健提供者的使命不是规定这些精神实践，但他们应该能够认识到这些实践，并与选择使用它们的患者公开讨论，知道可能会带来好处。

Spirituality (in addition to laughter) is inherent to humans. When their health deteriorates, especially in the field of oncology, people often seek help through it. Prayer is the most commonly used tool and is sometimes entrusted to a particular person believed to possess certain powers referred to as a «fire cutter». It is then used in a targeted manner against specific symptoms such as burns. No biophysical effects are known. This intercession brings secondary benefits (positive effects on anxiety, stress, placebo effect) that can improve the patients' health. It is not the healthcare provider's mission to prescribe these spiritual practices, but they should be able to recognize them and openly discuss with patient who choose to use them, knowing that a benefit is likely to be reached.